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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/185405-t-compiler/rust-analyzer/topic/ASDL%20instead%20of%20RON%20to%20describe%20AST%3F/near/165618084" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> matklad <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/185405-t-compiler/rust-analyzer/topic/ASDL.20instead.20of.20RON.20to.20describe.20AST.3F.html#165618084">(May 14 2019 at 12:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>TIL about ASDL: a langauge for describing AST <strong>data structure</strong>: <a href="http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2016/12/11.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2016/12/11.html">http://www.oilshell.org/blog/2016/12/11.html</a></p>



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<p>Might be interesting to use instead of grammar.ron. I like it because it is divorced from the grammar/parser, it's strictly about data structure</p>



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